Friday, June 24, 2011

Bacteria! Oh how you mock me.

Well, I think the title says it all. I've had Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in my first trimester. Shortly after I ended up with a bad case of c-diff which put me in the hospital on leads for awhile. Last week I was diagnosed with BV again and just yesterday my nurse called me to tell me that not only do I have BV, but I have an odd bacteria in my urinary tract. So I am now on flagyl and macrobid which are both antibiotics.

I seem to have a severe case of overpopulation of bad bacteria. Oh, I'm an eater of yogurt. I also take probiotics but my body just can't seem to compensate for the overpopulation of the bad bacteria. Obviously the meds are needed as both can put me in labor. So it's a matter of weighing whats more important.

NOW, since I'm taking so many antibiotics to get rid of each bacterial infection I am now succeptable to c-diff once again. ONE issue I NEVER want again because I thought I was literally going to die from 9 hours of vomiting and the trotts all at once. I was dehydrated, lacked potassium so I needed an IV for that, needed MORE antibiotics through IV, Saline and some other type of hydration to keep my body going when I couldn't eat. It was a circus! Haha

I also received my weekly 17P Injection to keep me from going into preterm labor. One injection weekly on the fourth quadrant of the butt cheek and you switch cheeks every other week. Honestly it's a good thing because it would be downright TORCHER to have the injection in the same butt cheek each week.

Let me explain that 17P is a THICK gel-like substance that takes a pretty thick needle to transfer the medicine into the needle. We then put a somewhat smaller needle on (but not too small because the gel wouldn't go through). Doug as an RN knows how to numb the area before injecting so the site won't sting. For anyone interested it's rubbing the area for 30 seconds with an alcohol pad which numbs the nerve endings and the patient doesn't feel the injection stinging.

NOW, when I heard the injections hurt I got a bit cocky because I don't feel the initial sting as Doug knows how to inject properly. HOWEVER, what Dr.'s lacked to tell me was that the darn gel can pill in your muscles leaving you with a round rock on your butt cheek a week later. It hurts! In fact, the very first injection I was bed ridden because I was in so much pain. Couple weeks after that I was trying to figure out how to turn over on either side without pain. I have since learned that if you rub the area around REALLY hard, your less likely to pill. Also, concerning the pain...If you roll PAST the injection site onto your actual hip bone, you'll be able to sleep again. Haha

Today's injection was interesting as when Doug took the needle out, there was a surprising spurt of blood ALL OVER. That issue hasn't happened before. It did sting going in this time so that could be an issue too. all in all though, I got my dose and that's all that matters.

On a more news worthy note, Amelia has started to kick MUCH harder today and more frequent too! I find myself jumping and my eyes get bigger. It's really an odd feeling. Kinda makes me jump for some reason. She's becoming quite the Karate kicker!